Whether desire is a cause of sorrow?
Objections
❌ Objection 1 : It would seem that desire is not a cause of pain or sorrow. Because sorrow of itself regards evil, as stated above (Article [1]): whereas desire is a movement of the appetite towards good. Now movement towards one contrary is not a cause of movement towards the other contrary. Therefore desire is not a cause of pain.
❌ Objection 2 : Further, pain, according to Damascene (De Fide Orth. ii, 12), is caused by something present; whereas the object of desire is something future. Therefore desire is not a cause of pain.
❌ Objection 3 : Further, that which is pleasant in itself is not a cause of pain. But desire is pleasant in itself, as the Philosopher says (Rhet. i, 11). Therefore desire is not a cause of pain or sorrow.